Guide for traction-engines.



JQM. & M. ROHAN.

GUIDE FOR TRACTION ENGINES.'

APPLICATION FILED APR-4,1908.

' 921,004, Patented May 11,1909.

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burr-En s rapes PAT NT OFFICE JOHN M. ROMAN AND llhffl'AEL ROHAN, OFKADOKA, SOUTH DAKOTA.

- GUIDE FOR TRACTION-ENGINES.

1 gang of plows carried thereby across field in straight line. Anotherob ect of the nvention is to provide a runner connected to a beamextending from the front axle of the engine,said runner designed to runin a furrow to guide the, engine and plows carried thereby across thefield, means being provided for lifting the runner out of the furrowwhen it is desired to turn and when the machine is being carried fromplace to place over the ground.

These and other objectsmay be attained by means of the constructionillustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a sideelevation of a traction engine provided with a guide made in accordancewith our invention. Fig. 2 is a detail plan view of the guide and frontend of the beam to which it is secured, Fig. 3 is a front end elevationof the guide.

Referring to the drawing fora more specific description of ourinvention, the numeral 1 designates a traction engine which may be ofthe usual or any suitable type or character, and means are provided forthe connection of a gang of plows to said engine.

Pivots-Hy connected to the front axle of the engine is aforwardlyextending beam 2, and connected underneath the front end ofsaid beam is a guide comprising two runners 3 having curved front andrear ends and a horizontal upper bar preferably formed in a singlepiece, as shown, and connected to said guide runners is a laterallyextending frame consisting of parallel bars 4 bolted at 5 to the runnersand provided with a vertical portion 6 which raises the parallel barssome distance above the guide runners, as shown more particularly inFig. 3. The runners are spaced apart by means of a V-shaped brace 7, andthe Specification of Letters Patent;

Application filed April 4, 1908.- Serial N 0. 425,176.

vided for giving the proper strength and rigidity to the guide runnersThe beam '2 is connected to the parallefbars 4 by means of suitablebolts 10. Connected under the parallel bars 4 at' their outer ends is ayoke 11 held in place by means of a plate 12 and bolts.

13. Journaled in the yoke 11. is a ground wheel 14, the axle 15 of saidwheel being passed through the arms of the yoke and through the hub ofthe wheel. (.onnected to the front part of the beam is a wire cable Atthe end of the furrow the guide is lifted from the ground by means ofthe lever 18 until the engine is turned to make another furrow. Theguide is then lowered into the last'furrowiformed, and the machine isrun across the field carrying the gang of plows after it.

From the foregoin it will be obvious that our invention is of simpleconstruction, will operate efficiently to guide a fraction engine acrossa field inia straight pathdctcrmined by a previously formed, furrow, andthat the device can be readily lifted out of the furrow wheneverrequired to turn the engine or to go from place to place.

Having thus described the lnvcntlon, what is claimed as new, is.:

1. A guide for traction engines comprising a beam, a frame secured tosaid beam and extending laterally therefrom, a runner scoured to saidframe, said runner comprising parallel menil crs spaced apart to bearagainst the sides of the furrow, and a land wheel mounted in d yokeconnected to said frame.

2. A guide for traction engines comprising a beam, a frame connected tothe beam and extending laterally therefrom, a runner con- Patented May11, 1909.

guide runners are connected to the beam 2 by means of a brace 8. Braces9 are also pro-, v

nected to said frame, said runner comprising In testimony whereof weaffix our signaparallel members deslgned to run in & furrow tures inpresence of two witnesses. and to been egalnst the sides of said furrow,

JOHN M. ROHAN a. land wheel mounted in a oke on said A frame, and aflexible connect m extending MICHAEL ROHAN' from the front of the beamto a lever on the Witnesses: traction engine for raising the runner outof F. E. REIDINGER,

the furrow. A. G. FURLONG.

